INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - A spot in the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament championship game is on the line Saturday afternoon as Ohio State takes on Michigan. The game is at 1:40 p.m. and will be shown on TV on CBS, WOIO Channel 19 in Cleveland.

Michigan State and Wisconsin will play in the second semifinal at 4:05 p.m. TV for that game also will be CBS.

The Wolverines haven't won the tournament title since their 1998 championship that eventually was vacated due to NCAA sanctions, and they haven't won more than one game in the Big Ten tournament since.

Conference player of the year Nik Stauskas scored 19 points as Michigan won its seventh straight by holding off Illinois 64-63 in Friday's quarterfinals. Jordan Morgan's layup with 7.9 seconds left proved to be the deciding basket.

Michigan scored only six points in the final 7 1/2 minutes and Illinois held a late lead, but solid efforts from Glenn Robinson III (15 points) and Caris LeVert (13) helped the Wolverines pull out a tough win.

Stauskas scored 15 points and Walton added 13 in Michigan's 70-60 win over Ohio State on Feb. 11 in the only meeting this season.

LaQuinton Ross had 19 points and a career-high 15 rebounds to lead the Buckeyes (25-8) past Purdue 63-61 in the first round Thursday, then finished with a career-high 26 points and 13 boards Friday in a 71-67 victory over Nebraska.

The 6-foot-8 junior received a technical foul while fifth-seeded Ohio State fell behind by as many as 18, but he went on a tear after that to spark the comeback.

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